Hit the mountains on your quest to become the next snowboarding phenomenon in Stoked, the open-world, back country snowboarding experience featuring five huge open-world mountains, changing weather patterns, and the sponsorship and cooperation of some of the most respected and influential names in the sport.

Atari's My Horse and Me 2 is packed with exciting new features, brand new graphics and animations, and an engrossing storyline to give fans the most complete equestrian experience and the most realistic horse simulation ever seen in a game.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• A Vampyre Story (PC)
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Expanding its comic book themed MMO City of Heroes with Issue 13: Power and Responsibility, NCSoft adds several new features such as the ability to have two different build-outs per character, pact leveling of two characters, a Day Job feature, new misison content, and PvP powers rebalancing, paving the way for new PvP features to come.

The Octane 120 is the ultimate home arcade racing simulator and combines three things every adult gamer craves: classic arcade games, arcade-style racing, and a beer tap to get your favorite beverage without having to get out of the seat!

Featuring three intense campaigns, brand-new multiplayer modes and an innovative “direct-fire” feature that allows even more tactical control during the heat of battle, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor will immerse players in some of the most historic, tide-turning clashes of World War II. We sit down with Relic lead designer Brian Wood.

The new Fishing Master World Tour offers over 200 different types of fish to catch and enables players to catch fish in over forty different locations across seven different regions. Fish on Easter Island, under the Golden Gate Bridge, on the Amazon River and many more exotic global locations.

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). The Eagles, Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins are returning in December with exclusive DLCs, as well as three free Reggae Rock tracks from Pepper, Slightly Stoopid and Expendables.

Perfect World's Ether Saga Online, the English-based version of KDXY, is a Free-To-Play MMORPG, combining lavish graphics with a young anime style, and featuring a slew of unique features and systems that make the game truly one of a kind.

EA announced the acquisition of Korean developer J2MSoft, known for developing free-to-play online games which are monetized through micro-transactions and advertising. Online games created and wholly owned by J2M include RayCity, TAAN, and Debut, and other properties to be announced.

MindArk, developers of Entropia Universe, has licensed Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne's single "Let it Rock" to herald the switching over to the CryENGINE2 in 2009. MindArk will host a competition inside the virtual world to find the best user created music video to the song, with a highly prized virtual treasure as reward.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Yakuza 3 [PS3] - Trailer #10 [JAP]
• Skate 2 [ALL] - Making The Game Trailer
• The Godfather II [ALL] - Key to Success Trailer
• Cursed Mountain [Wii] - Trailer #2
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Heatwave Interactive came was founded by former EA/Codemasters exec. Anthony Castoro and entrepreneur Donn Clendenon early 2007. While the first projects have yet to be announced, it has recruited former Hasbro VP and Professor of Video Games Technology Paul Fullwood, former CFO and Treasurer for Valve Patrick Goodwin and former ArenaNet manager Jenny Bendel.

Developed by InnoGlow, former Stormregion, Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.

Play Grand Theft Auto IV and Midnight Club: Los Angeles with Rockstar developers and members of the publishing team for prizes all weekend long. Duke it out in death matches and races against all challengers; all you need to do is add their gamer tags and PSN account names, friend them up, and join the party.

Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

SOE is building a world where you feel like you've stepped into the DC Universe and become the ultimate super-hero/villain along side of Superman, Batman, or Ambush Bug. Working on the script for DCU Online, comics writer Geoff Johns revealed that the game will feature lesser-known heroes such as Metal Men, and Doom Patrol, and is currently slated for 2010, possibly late 2009.

Heroes over Europe is an action/flight game developed by Transmission Games (former IR Gurus), revisits the action in the key European air battles of WWII, following the stories of three allied pilots and their actions in the war, from the invasion of France to the devastation of Berlin in 1945.

In TikGames' Interpol, players track down the evil and destructive fugitive Dr. Chaos by seeking out hidden clues in exotic locales around the world.

Revealed over the weekend, The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf brings the unrivaled RPG experience to Xbox 360 and PS3 with a brand new combat system for thrilling dynamic action, and a new engine delivering matchless state-of-the-art visuals.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is set during the KH II events, and has Roxas as the main character. You will explore a variety of Disney worlds in not only single-player mode, but also in multiplayer missions made possible by the NDS' networking features.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Family Party: 30 Great Games (Wii)
• Penumbra: Requiem HaptX Edition (PC)
• Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (NDS)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)
• SPray (Wii)
• Casper Scare School: Classroom Capers (NDS) - Europe
• Syberia (NDS)
• Prince of Persia (NDS/PS3/X360/PC)
• SingStar ABBA (PS2/PS3)
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Former Bits Studios' game director Dylan Beale, known for THQ's Constantine and KEMCO U.S.A.'s Rogue Ops fame, arrives at Zoë Mode as Senior Producer where he will take the reins on the studios forthcoming titles.

EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels, featuring beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging soundtrack. Scheduled to launch next week on Steam, it is now available for pre-order.